Activities in this teaching pack include a set of display posters to describe some of the buildings that have been left behind by the Mayan civilization, a template to label a map of different locations in Mesoamerica and a worksheet to record and label a map showing the extent of the Maya civilization from the past.

The interactive presentation gets the children to explore the location of the Maya civilization in the past and suggest reasons as to why the society grew and developed over time.

This lesson is part of a history scheme of work to research describe and present information and facts about the culture, traditions and achievements of the Maya civilization in the past . There are teaching activities for shared learning, differentiated worksheets to support independent learning and an interactive presentation to introduce concepts and key skills.